At 06:31 PM 4/10/2012, mcneely4@cox.net wrote:
>David, my reference of "... keeps coming up on the list," was to the
>recommendation to fill the oil to halfway between the two marks on
>the dip stick.  I believe that has been advocated by numerous people
>on the list.

Ah, right - that was the result of testing on oil temps by Dennis
Haynes, I believe.

There's a curiosity in Bentley - somewhere it says that as of x
(2.1l?) the dipstick was changed so that there was only a half-quart
difference between empty and full.  I have a notion that they figured
out it was a good idea but forgot to implement it, because as far as
I know my '89 stick is marked the same as my '84 was.

Yours,
David